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ID S1189
Bill
Status
4/6/2017
Primary Sponsor
Finance Committee
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $104,056,200 to the Department of Health and Welfare for Mental Health Services ($50,567,100), Psychiatric Hospitalization ($38,663,400), and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention ($14,825,700) for fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018).
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Authorizes 709.58 full-time equivalent positions across five programs: Adult Mental Health (210.56), Children's Mental Health (90.67), State Hospital North (107.10), State Hospital South (285.25), and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (16.00).
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Directs the Children's Mental Health Program to pay the Department of Juvenile Corrections $327,000 by July 16, 2017, for contract clinician services at juvenile detention facilities.
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Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to fund education for school-age children placed in its custody when they attend accredited schools within residential treatment facilities, if determined to be in the child's best interest.
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Appropriates additional $2,255,400 for fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017) and reduces Adult Mental Health appropriation by $500,000; increases Children's Mental Health positions by 11 full-time equivalents for fiscal year 2017.
Legislative Description
Appropriates $104,056,200 to the divisions of Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitalization, and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention for fiscal year 2018; limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions for the three divisions to 709.58 for fiscal year 2018; provides for General Fund transfers to the Cooperative Welfare Fund; directs expenditures for trustee and benefit payments; provides for program integrity; limits transfers of legislative appropriations; clarifies responsibility for education of certain children in state care; directs an interagency payment; requires an annual report on community support for the Behavioral Health Community Crisis Centers; appropriates an additional $2,255,400 to the Children's Mental Health program, Community Hospitalization program and the Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention program for fiscal year 2017; reduces the appropriation by $500,000 for the Adult Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017; and provides an additional 11 full-time equivalent positions for the Children's Mental Health program for fiscal year 2017.
APPROPRIATIONS
Last Action
Session Law Chapter 292 Effective: 04/06/2017 SECTION 10-12; 07/01/2017 all other SECTIONS
4/6/2017